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Wayne State’s campus in Detroit, Michigan was rocked this past weekend when bold student leaders from across the state came together for the Power Vote Campus Storm! Anybody who took part would tell you that it was quite the adventure both to attend and throw together the training crunch that drew in students from as [...]Wayne State’s campus in Detroit, Michigan was rocked this past weekend when bold student leaders from across the state came together for the Power Vote Campus Storm! Anybody who took part would tell you that it was quite the adventure both to attend and throw together the training crunch that drew in students from as [...]

Today, as Congress debated our energy future inside the hallowed halls of Capitol Hill, Oil Change International and members of Code Pink gathered outside to stage a visual representation of relationship between government and Big Oil: In bed, together.  And very naughty. Last week, scandal broke over illicit activities in the division of the Department of [...]Today, as Congress debated our energy future inside the hallowed halls of Capitol Hill, Oil Change International and members of Code Pink gathered outside to stage a visual representation of relationship between government and Big Oil: In bed, together.  And very naughty. Last week, scandal broke over illicit activities in the division of the Department of [...]

Late Tuesday night the House voted in favor of a Democrat sponsored bill to allow oil companies to expand their offshore drilling operations.  The bill has been hailed by some as a victory for the environment because it includes incentives for renewable and strips some tax breaks the oil industry currently enjoys. In addition to [...]Late Tuesday night the House voted in favor of a Democrat sponsored bill to allow oil companies to expand their offshore drilling operations.  The bill has been hailed by some as a victory for the environment because it includes incentives for renewable and strips some tax breaks the oil industry currently enjoys. In addition to [...]

  On September 25th, power companies with carbon emitting plants in ten states up the northeast (Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont and Maine), along with financial institutions, environmental and other groups will participate in the first Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative auction for carbon credits. This regional cap-and-trade program [...]  On September 25th, power companies with carbon emitting plants in ten states up the northeast (Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont and Maine), along with financial institutions, environmental and other groups will participate in the first Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative auction for carbon credits. This regional cap-and-trade program [...]

The energy battle unfolding in the halls of Congress carries one clear lesson: energy prices and economic insecurity present a profoundly more powerful political imperative than calls for environmental protection and climate action. Rising gas prices and plummeting stock prices have dramatically altered the political landscape around energy, creating a pivotal moment for clean [...]The energy battle unfolding in the halls of Congress carries one clear lesson: energy prices and economic insecurity present a profoundly more powerful political imperative than calls for environmental protection and climate action. Rising gas prices and plummeting stock prices have dramatically altered the political landscape around energy, creating a pivotal moment for clean [...]

Even as courts wade through the appeals being made over the permits granted to Georgia’s first coal plant proposal in over 20 years, and young peole are in the streets protesting new fossil fuels facilities, Cobb EMC (Electrical Membership Cooperative) is pushing through with its plans to build a second dirty coal burner in the [...] Even as courts wade through the appeals being made over the permits granted to Georgia’s first coal plant proposal in over 20 years, and young peole are in the streets protesting new fossil fuels facilities, Cobb EMC (Electrical Membership Cooperative) is pushing through with its plans to build a second dirty coal burner in the [...]

We can no longer trust greens to save the planet. Their track record and anti-pragmatic approach demonstrates one thing above all else: environmentalism is still dead. It’s time to lead or leave, and until greens are ready to grow up, we shouldn’t give them a seat at the energy policy table. The moment is simply [...]We can no longer trust greens to save the planet. Their track record and anti-pragmatic approach demonstrates one thing above all else: environmentalism is still dead. It’s time to lead or leave, and until greens are ready to grow up, we shouldn’t give them a seat at the energy policy table. The moment is simply [...]

As Arctic Sea ice nears record-lows; multiple oil rigs are presumed sunk due to Hurrican Ike, and Congress readies a vote to expand offshore drilling - homeless polar bears have been reported across Washington DC! Polar bears are dependent on stable ice to survive - and as the climate crisis worsens, their critical habitat is disappearing. [...]As Arctic Sea ice nears record-lows; multiple oil rigs are presumed sunk due to Hurrican Ike, and Congress readies a vote to expand offshore drilling - homeless polar bears have been reported across Washington DC! Polar bears are dependent on stable ice to survive - and as the climate crisis worsens, their critical habitat is disappearing. [...]

It was late Friday afternoon. I was tired from a week of promoting Power Vote in North Carolina and South Carolina.  I had less than 30 minutes to catch a flight to Michigan, but I just couldn’t help logging into our Power Update database to see how the campaign was going.  And I’m glad I [...]It was late Friday afternoon. I was tired from a week of promoting Power Vote in North Carolina and South Carolina.  I had less than 30 minutes to catch a flight to Michigan, but I just couldn’t help logging into our Power Update database to see how the campaign was going.  And I’m glad I [...]

(Cross posted from Whit Jones on Power Vote.org) I spent the past weekend with around 100 young people and community activists at the Weekend In Wise - an incredible weekend in Appalachia, VA where Mountain Top Removal (MTR) mining has deeply impacted the community and citizens have been fighting Dominion’s proposed Wise County Coal [...](Cross posted from Whit Jones on Power Vote.org) I spent the past weekend with around 100 young people and community activists at the Weekend In Wise - an incredible weekend in Appalachia, VA where Mountain Top Removal (MTR) mining has deeply impacted the community and citizens have been fighting Dominion’s proposed Wise County Coal [...]